http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:39:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26457/german-anti-semitism-deep-rooted-in-society http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26457/german-anti-semitism-deep-rooted-in-society#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:26:53 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26457 Anti-Jewish feeling is "significantly" entrenched in German society, according to a report by experts appointed by Germany's parliament.

They say the internet has played a key role in spreading Holocaust denial, far-right and extreme Islamist views.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26457/german-anti-semitism-deep-rooted-in-society/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26353/racist-david-duke-arrested-in-germany-faces-deportation http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26353/racist-david-duke-arrested-in-germany-faces-deportation#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:00:17 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26353 Notorious serial hater David Duke has been arrested in Germany and is facing deportation.

The Southern Poverty Law Center, a nonprofit that tracks hate groups and fights discrimination cases, describes Duke as the “most recognizable figure of the American radical right, a neo-Nazi, longtime Klan leader and now international spokesman for Holocaust denial.”]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26353/racist-david-duke-arrested-in-germany-faces-deportation/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25517/jewish-center-anti-semitism-now-mainstream http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25517/jewish-center-anti-semitism-now-mainstream#comments Fri, 17 Dec 2010 05:25:31 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25517 Anti-Semitism has gone mainstream, according to the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles, named for the famous Nazi Hunter.

Today, the center releases its Top Ten list of such offensive speech by politicians, Hollywood figures, journalists, historians, and everyday people on social media such as Facebook pages.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25517/jewish-center-anti-semitism-now-mainstream/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25254/barbarians-appeal-sentence-in-anti-semitic-kidnapping-torture-and-murder-case http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25254/barbarians-appeal-sentence-in-anti-semitic-kidnapping-torture-and-murder-case#comments Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:15:21 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25254 appeal of 18 people convicted in the 2006 kidnapping, torture and murder of a young French Jew.

One who's not appealing is Gang leader Youssouf Fofana, who chose not to appeal his conviction and life sentence.

'People' is a big word for a gang of criminals who refer to themselves -- appropriately -- as Barbarians.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25254/barbarians-appeal-sentence-in-anti-semitic-kidnapping-torture-and-murder-case/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24900/swastika-is-deemed-universal-hate-symbol http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24900/swastika-is-deemed-universal-hate-symbol#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:25:04 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24900 swastika now shows up so often as a generic symbol of hatred that the Anti-Defamation League, in its annual tally of hate crimes against Jews, will no longer automatically count its appearance as an act of anti-Semitism.

“The swastika has morphed into a universal symbol of hate,” said Abraham Foxman, the national director of the Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish advocacy organization. “Today it’s used as an epithet against African-Americans, Hispanics and gays, as well as Jews, because it is a symbol which frightens.”

Observing the trend, he said that his group had decided it would examine reports of scrawled swastikas for contextual clues. If it appears Jews were not the target, the incident will not be included in the league’s annual audit of anti-Semitic hate crimes.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24900/swastika-is-deemed-universal-hate-symbol/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24570/hate-monger-louis-farrakhan-on-the-attack http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24570/hate-monger-louis-farrakhan-on-the-attack#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:26:25 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24570 Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan has written the leaders of more than a dozen major U.S. Jewish groups and denominations seeking "repair of my people from the damage" he claims Jews have caused blacks for centuries.

The hate-monger is notorious for his racist and anti-Semitic speech.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24570/hate-monger-louis-farrakhan-on-the-attack/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24491/group-of-youths-attack-jewish-dance-group http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24491/group-of-youths-attack-jewish-dance-group#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:42:17 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24491 A Jewish dance group was attacked with stones by a group of children and teenagers during a performance at a street festival in the Germany city of Hannover, police said Thursday.

The teenagers also used a megaphone to shout anti-Semitic slurs during the Saturday afternoon attack, Hannover police spokesman Thorsten Schiewe said.

Schiewe said there were several Muslim immigrant youths among the attackers. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24491/group-of-youths-attack-jewish-dance-group/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24465/amsterdam-deputy-mayor-wants-to-use-decoy-jews-to-combat-anti-semitism http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24465/amsterdam-deputy-mayor-wants-to-use-decoy-jews-to-combat-anti-semitism#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:14:56 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24465 The acting mayor of Amsterdam, Lodewijk Asscher, wants to look into the possibility of using so-called 'decoy Jews' to combat anti-Semitic violence.

The approach is in line with Asscher's intention to look for unorthodox measures in the city's fight against intolerance and violence toward gays and Jews, his spokesman said Monday.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24465/amsterdam-deputy-mayor-wants-to-use-decoy-jews-to-combat-anti-semitism/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24452/blast-rocks-russian-synagogue http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24452/blast-rocks-russian-synagogue#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 07:38:47 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24452 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24452/blast-rocks-russian-synagogue/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24436/general-franco-gave-list-of-spanish-jews-to-nazis http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24436/general-franco-gave-list-of-spanish-jews-to-nazis#comments Mon, 21 Jun 2010 09:05:57 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24436 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24436/general-franco-gave-list-of-spanish-jews-to-nazis/feed 0